دانلود کتاب Understandable Statistics

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Brase C.H., Brase C.P. Understandable Statistics
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Contents
Preface
Table of Prerequisite Material
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Focus Problem: Where Have All the Fireflies Gone
1.1 What Is Statistics
1.2 Random Samples
1.3 Introduction to Experimental Design
Summary
Important Words & Symbols
Chapter Review Problems
Data Highlights: Group Projects
Linking Concepts: Writing Projects
Using Technology
Chapter 2: Organizing Data
Focus Problem: Say It with Pictures
2.1 Frequency Distributions, Histograms, and Related Topics
2.2 Bar Graphs, Circle Graphs, and Time-Series Graphs
2.3 Stem-and-Leaf Displays
Summary
Important Words & Symbols
Chapter Review Problems
Data Highlights: Group Projects
Linking Concepts: Writing Projects
Using Technology
Chapter 3: Averages and Variation
Focus Problem: Water: Yellowstone River
3.1 Measures of Central Tendency: Mode, Median, and Mean
3.2 Measures of Variation
3.3 Percentiles and Box-and-Whisker Plots
Summary
Important Words & Symbols
Chapter Review Problems
Data Highlights: Group Projects
Linking Concepts: Writing Projects
Using Technology
Cumulative Review Problems: Chapters 1-3
Chapter 4: Elementary Probability Theory
Focus Problem: How Often Do Lie Detectors Lie
4.1 What Is Probability
4.2 Some Probability Rules—Compound Events
4.3 Trees and Counting Techniques
Summary
Important Words & Symbols
Chapter Review Problems
Data Highlights: Group Projects
Linking Concepts: Writing Projects
Using Technology
Chapter 5: The Binomial Probability Distribution and Related Topics
Focus Problem: Personality Preference Types: Introvert or Extrovert
5.1 Introduction to Random Variables and Probability Distributions
5.2 Binomial Probabilities
5.3 Additional Properties of the Binomial Distribution
5.4 The Geometric and Poisson Probability Distributions
Summary
Important Words & Symbols
Chapter Review Problems
Data Highlights: Group Projects
Linking Concepts: Writing Projects
Using Technology
Chapter 6: Normal Curves and Sampling Distributions
Focus Problem: Impulse Buying
Part I: Normal Distributions
6.1 Graphs of Normal Probability Distributions
6.2 Standard Units and Areas Under the Standard Normal Distribution
6.3 Areas Under Any Normal Curve
Part II: Sampling Distributions and the Normal Approximation to Binomial
Distribution
6.4 Sampling Distributions
6.5 The Central Limit Theorem
6.6 Normal Approximation to Binomial Distribution and to pˆ Distribution
Summary
Important Words & Symbols
Chapter Review Problems
Data Highlights: Group Projects
Linking Concepts: Writing Projects
Using Technology
Cumulative Review Problems: Chapters 4-6
Chapter 7: Estimation
Focus Problem: The Trouble with Wood Ducks
Part I: Estimating a Single Mean or Single Proportion
7.1 Estimating m When s Is Known
7.2 Estimating u When o Is Unknown
7.3 Estimating p in the Binomial Distribution
Part II: Estimating the Difference Between Two Means or Two Proportions
7.4 Estimating u1-u2 and p1-p2
Summary
Important Words & Symbols
Chapter Review Problems
Data Highlights: Group Projects
Linking Concepts: Writing Projects
Using Technology
Chapter 8: Hypothesis Testing
Focus Problem: Benford’s Law: The Importance of Being Number 1
Part I: Testing a Single Mean or Single Proportion
8.1 Introduction to Statistical Tests
8.2 Testing the Mean m
8.3 Testing a Proportion p
Part II: Testing a Difference Between Two Means or Two Proportions
8.4 Tests Involving Paired Differences (Dependent Samples)
8.5 Testing m1 - m2 and p1 - p2 (Independent Samples)
Summary
Finding the P-Value Corresponding to a Sample Test Statistic
Important Words & Symbols
Chapter Review Problems
Data Highlights: Group Projects
Linking Concepts: Writing Projects
Using Technology
Chapter 9: Correlation and Regression
Focus Problem: Changing Populations and Crime Rate
Part I: Simple Linear Regression
9.1 Scatter Diagrams and Linear Correlation
9.2 Linear Regression and the Coefficient of Determination
9.3 Inferences for Correlation and Regression
Part II: Multiple Regression
9.4 Multiple Regression
Summary
Important Words & Symbols
Chapter Review Problems
Data Highlights: Group Projects
Linking Concepts: Writing Projects
Using Technology
Cumulative Review Problems: Chapters 7-9
Chapter 10: Chi-Square and F Distributions
Focus Problem: Archaeology in Bandelier National Monument
Part I: Inferences Using the Chi-Square Distribution
Overview of the Chi-Square Distribution
10.1 Chi-Square: Tests of Independence and of Homogeneity
10.2 Chi-Square: Goodness of Fit
10.3 Testing and Estimating a Single Variance or Standard Deviation
Part II: Inferences Using the F Distribution
Overview of the F Distribution
10.4 Testing Two Variances
10.5 One-Way ANOVA: Comparing Several Sample Means
10.6 Introduction to Two-Way ANOVA
Summary
Important Words & Symbols
Chapter Review Problems
Data Highlights: Group Projects
Linking Concepts: Writing Projects
Using Technology
Chapter 11: Nonparametric Statistics
Focus Problem: How Cold? Compared to What?
11.1 The Sign Test for Matched Pairs
11.2 The Rank-Sum Test
11.3 Spearman Rank Correlation
11.4 Runs Test for Randomness
Summary
Important Words & Symbols
Chapter Review Problems
Data Highlights: Group Projects
Linking Concepts: Writing Projects
Cumulative Review Problems: Chapters 10-11
Appendix I: Additional Topics
Part 1: Bayes’s Theorem
Part 2: The Hypergeometric Probability Distribution
Appendix II: Tables
Table 1: Random Numbers
Table 2: Binomial Coefficients Cn,r
Table 3: Binomial Probability Distribution Cn,r prqn - r
Table 4: Poisson Probability Distribution
Table 5: Areas of a Standard Normal Distribution
Table 6: Critical Values for Student’s t Distribution
Table 7: The x2 Distribution
Table 8: Critical Values for F Distribution
Table 9: Critical Values for Spearman Rank Correlation, r
Table 10: Critical Values for Number of Runs R (Level of Significance u= 0.05)
Answers and Key Steps to Odd-Numbered Problems
Answers to Selected Even-Numbered Problems
Index